>> i'm carolyn johnson. there is a development in the domestic violence trial against a san francisco sheriff. >> that is right. ross mirkarimi's wife hoping to convince a judge to keep evidence against her husband out of the trial. it's that videotape of her bruised arm. vic lee is live to explain the legal argument. vic? >> this was her day in court. her attorney filed several motions but the important one was the motion to block that video. lopez and her lawyers are fighting to keep the 50 second video out of court. she appears to be in an emotional state. the video taken by a neighbor. lopez twont her home after she and her husband argued new year's eve. lopez now says she went to madison because she wanted

legal advise for her husband who has a law degree. paula is lopez's lawyer. >> i am here to assert my client's privilege, her right as a client to restrain who she believes to be her attorney from disclosing things. >> lopez refused to cooperate with the d.a.and denounced domestic violence charges as politiacally motivated. on monday, the judge deny aid motion to block it, today, his wife's attorney claiming shaed attorney-client privilege of confidentiality. the judge saying that the attorney-client rights did not apply here in part because the video was not being used as evidence against her. outside of the courtroom, her attorney voiced her disappointment. >> it might be like, you know... baseball manager commenting on a bad call by an umpire but

what i would like to do is, like, kick dirt on it. >> the trial has a large jury pool of 200 people. it's hard to get a jury in domestic violence cases because many have seen or been a victim of abuse. add to that, that the defendant is a elected public official for whom the jurors may have voted for or against and add to that all of the pretrial publicity. >> well, this is the question yair jurors filled out. it's 10 pages long and contains questions about domestic violence and weather the jurors recognize the names of those associated with this case. top of the list, of course, is sheriff ross mirkarimi. vic lee abc 7 news. >> thank you. the biggest winter storm of the season continues to hammer high sierras tonight.

take a look at conditions on interstate 80. visibility fell to a quarter mile today, forcing caltrans to impose chain requirements and a 30 miles per hour speed limit. chains also required on highway 50. today we sent abc 7 on this dangerous drive. and he made it. he's live for us. wayne? >> we headed to this place because normally at night they do have sking and a lift operating. there are lights behind us. but it's so cold here, so blowy and so blustery they turned it off and have gone home, we're the only souls left. there are at least three feet of snow on the ground. getting here today fwho have been easy unless there is a four-wheel drive and then, it might not have been so easy. it is a beacon of hope to the snow-wary travelers a sign in a truck parked in a muddy lot. take a right at the motel, and

ask for christopher brown. when there is weather turning bad he's a good guy to know. business down by 70%. >> i think we're going to get more snow. i think all of ours, i'm hoping. >> a big rig pulling in, his name is ricky headed for reno in route back home to kentucky. he picked up a slight accent. >> and there are snow that required chains, take a look. a couple weeks ago there was snow, snow, no snow whatever. and it's august. >> her brothers were only their fifth day of installing chains all winter. >> john got up here around 3:00 this the morning. >> how many cars are you doing? >> none.

this is the worst traffic. >> approaching donner pass, snow accumulated quickly. there is plenty of it. just not plenty of people in this wasteland. we arrived to find it wide open. they hope for big crowds this weekend and crowds hope for better conditions along interstate 80. and there is no fun. p weather doesn't improve don't expect to see these brothers by then, they will be golfing assuming they made enough money today. and right now a round of golf sounds good but not in this weather, so cold now my glasses i can't see the camera. water, snow is frozen on the glass. and when trying to open the door to the truck the door was frozen shut. let's hope it opens when we return about 15 seconds after

i sign off. >> wayne freedman reporting live. it does look cold. wind and rain part of the bay this winter. there is what this looked like today, what about next few hours? we're tracking it all on live doppler 7. how does it look? >> things looking widely scattered showers. and there is scattered areas of light pripg northwest of winter. there is an area near concord and there is a spot of light rain near fremont. and south ward and let's take a look at the sierra. there is snow in the tahoe area, tapering off from heavier snow that was falling earlier. there is rainfall impressive

in spots. over an inch in cloverdale. st. helena. there is a quarter inch to half an inch in other locations. snowfall totals from six inches to 18 inches. and there is a still accumulating. >> spencer, thank you very much. convicted murderer yusef bey in prison. officials say he was placed there for trying to get a guard to get him a cell phone. he is the former leader of the your black muslim bakery. and. >> pardon me, they will seek the death penalty, a many-year-old charged with killing four northern

california women, each have the same first and last initials in the mid 70s and mid-90s, he's acting as his own attorney telling the judge he only needs four weeks but the trial set for march 28th ooj one-time hell's angel member captured saturday after a four-month long search was alined -- arraigned today. he is accused of shooting another hell's angel at a funeral. >> this 39-year-old steven ruiz brought into the courtroom but there is no evidence of hell's inangels inside or outside of the courtroom. ruiz being charged with a count of homicide in the october 15th death of another hem's angel member at oak hill cemetery, both there for the death of the san jose hell's angels chapter president. defense attorney told reporters after the arraignment he will be filing a request for a gag order.

>> we don't want to spoil the jury pool by negative publicity. that is all. and he's entitled to a fair trial. only way he's going to get that if jurors have not made their minds up he eluded police four months. we asked his attorney to clarify whether he's still associated with hell's angel autos when something this drastic happens he's stunned as religions stunned -- shunned people. he has been excommunicated to use a catholic term. >> and ruiz told his attorney ze not need special protection inside jail and he's expected to enter a plea when returning to court in two weeks. he's being held without bail. and with security a man dropped something out of his

pocket and there was a loud pop. it turned out to be a popper, a small firecracker exploding on impact. deputies were all over him. >> i'm sure they were. there is more still to come tonight. prices at the pump approaching record levels california refineries exporting gas to other states ask countrys. >> there is a crusade to save the hetch hetchy water. >> and later an alabama man inspired by a report comes to san francisco for a thumb transplant. stay with us. c

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gas prices continue to climb the national average up 45 cents since the first of the year. it's selling for 4.37s ndz san francisco. and gas consumption down in cal but we're exporting a lot of it. we're live now with more on that. laura? >> well, california refiners will tell you that that drop in consumption is what drives them to find markets else wr. and they will say that their exports have nothing to do with price paid here at the pump. while californians pay near record prices, california refineries are shipping tens of thousands of barrels of gasoline out of the state. and out of the country. every day. >> this are things they do there, they ought to keep it here, not sell it and drive prices up.

>> according to california energy commission, last year the refineries produced a million gallons per day. of that, 110,000 was exported to other states and countries. that as prices here continue to skyrocket. >> there isn't a connection between export of fuels in and out of the market or united states and the price gasoline right now. that is and has to do with cost of crude oil. >> 67% goes to pechl mechl. 25% canada. 5% ecuador. 92% of the california gas headed to other states goes to oregon. price of a gallon is 40 cents cheaper than here. >> if they kept and forced to keep all of their products in the state... in the very short

run, we'd see a glut of gasoline. prices would go down. then, they'd be less inclined to expand. >> that means some could lose their jobs. some aren't buying the idea letting california gas out of california is a good thing. >> do you think it should stay here? >> yes. we have to support our people. and do it that way. from now on. >> and there is a they say what drives the price is the price of crude oil on the world market. california may produce more gasoline, the state generates less than half of the crude oil that it uses. >> thank you. some people who want to change the way san francisco gets water kicked off a campaign today. under the plan the city might stop using hetch hetchy reservoir in yosemite park and turn to local water sources

instead. here is abc 7. >> with the signature and a $200 check, the group restore hetch hetchy filed papers for a ballot initiative looking to change san francisco water supplies. >> when it requires san francisco to develop a plan to reform it's water systems and figure out are there ways to adopt more sustainable practices? >> a more sustainable system including water recycling, collection of rainfall and use of ground water. these are thing that's they say would allow the city and other places in the bay area to depend less on the hetch hetchy reservoir. the mayor of san francisco ed lee opposes this idea. >> i think it's a wasteful idea one that doesn't reflect care for the system. and to cake care of it and value of clean water and power for the bay area. >> the plan calls for relying on the other eight reservoir

that's store water coming from the river. >> we're arguing is that we can be better stew wards of it and store it elsewhere. and we can develop our local water supply to use less river water. >> the reservoir stores 117 billion gallons of water. general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission says doing way with it is not an option. >> you say let's just move to someplace else, you can imagine, not a lot of those places with store 117 billion gallons of water. >> the group must select 10,000 signatures in order to put initiatives on the november ballot. in the newsroom abc 7 news. >> and as we said, final finally feels like winter. just in time for spring. >> right. exactly. rain coming in and more is expected. >> more showers tonight. probably not a lot tonight but more tomorrow. and there is some wet weather

coming our way. there is a live view now from our east bay camera. looking at western sky interest tl is an interesting-looking sky now. sunset 15 minutes ago. 6:03. there are bright skies there beyond dark clouds z there is a beautiful sky conditions. and there is where you can see what is falling is light. just a couple small pockets of light rain. south bay, better organized areas of light rain near san jose and points south ward. that is just bit and there are more showers and there are upper 40s to low 50s and high he lights, more showers tonight, more numerous showers tomorrow, thursday, there is a warming trend and there is

more spring like weather coming our way. there is western swells 11-14 feet expected. heights just above 10 feet in spots. winter storm warning remaining in affect until 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. six to 12 inches of snow expected above 3500 feet. two to four feet expected above 6,000 fee. chain controls can be expected. now, there is in between systems, there is a stronger one moving through and there is some more showers tomorrow, some occasional showers. starting at 7:00 this evening, and foremost of the remainder of the evening, we'll see some

scattered showers, snow levels dropping down to about 4,000 feet. so there is maybe some snow, showers continuing throughout the aday tomorrow, winding down and end about 5:00 tomorrow afternoon, and there is rainfall totals will amount to maybe one tenth to half an inch. there is low temperatures into mid-40s so temperatures much like last night. tomorrow's highs into a range like today's. mainly mid or mid to upper 50s, similar readings near monterey bay. there is rain later to arrive. here is the accu-weather forecast. there is showers and what a nice, mild weekend, maintaining upper 60s and gets breezy monday and tuesday, but no more rain in sight after

tomorrow. >> thank you. >> and we continue to follow breaking news in livermore tonight. sky 7 is there as police look for a man with a gun. >> first a san francisco environmental initiative. how much you can safe by direct depositing your paycheck. ñsñsñsñsñsñsñs÷s÷s÷se

attorney general harris is unveiling what is called homeowner bill of rights. a package protecting homeowners from unfair

foreclosures, creating a grand jury to investigate worse cases of fraud, protect renters from unfair evictions and penalize banks for robo-signing foreclosures and they'll simplify negotiations. >> and they end up talking with various people, it's someone different than who they've talked to before after sharing their circumstances. >> it makes dual tracking illegal when one part of the bank is working on a loan modification and another moves forward with foreclosure. >> and san francisco hopes to become the first city in the country to go paperless when it comes to writing paychecks, this initiative launched this morning encourages all businesses to establish direct deposit or another form of wage payments. a fifth of the businesses don't offer it. and low income workers paying

$1,000 a year in fees to check cashing places and paper paychecks also cost money. and this is a cost savings and that adds up. >> the costs about $3 more to deliver the check compared to electronic form of payment. >> and coming up next, a touchy subject admittedly for dinner hour. a woman does her business daily at a san francisco bus stop. >> and i'm here at ground zero for the whole show. >> the abc 7 news i team looks into why no one can do anything to stop her. >> coming up a tornado tore through the mid west overnight. dramatic accounts from people who survived them. >> and the sudden death today of davy jones who left behind

a close friend in the bay area, stay with us. more still to come.

we want to start updating you on breaking news in livermore, east avenue middle school remains locked down now. police search for a possible gunman. >> we want to stress they say they've not found anything suspicious so far. the school district says students and staff there after hours are all safe and inside of a classroom. they say they will remain there until police are certain it's safe for them to leave. this started when a parent called to report seeing a man with a gun in the hallway. >> police are searching every classroom, office, closet, and hallway now. and they've found nothing at this point. agencies are searching for a possible gunman on campus. we'll let you know when police are finished the search or

development autos people living in a san francisco neighborhood have been complaining to the abc 7 news i team the city failed to help them with a touchy situation. >> it is touchy. a mentally ill woman uses their bus stop as a personal bathroom officials can't figure out what to do about it. >> and there is a report. it's a delicate topic for dinner hour. >> before he passed away, pete wilson did reports titled city that forgot how. more i found out about this story the more i kept coming back to his words frrk city hall to police, health departments and sf general no one has come up with a solution. this is just another morning on naub hill. markets opening up, people walking dogs and here comes the 27 bus from the mission. a 66-year-old suzy wong gets off the bus and right out in

the open... takes care of business. no matter who is watching. she crosses the street and catches the number one for chinatown. >> i have seen adults step in her feces when they're not looking and i have seen kids step in the feces and pets. you know, they're going to track it back into peoples' homes. >> this is ground zero for the whole show. >> this isn't what alice wilson had in mind when moving to naub hill. >> like mommy what is that? what is that lady doing? people tie sti triing to stairway. it's funny at first then it got really gross. >> the ad on the bus stop says explore nature but moms wish their kids haven't dnt have this lesson. the neighbors are so concerned that she's hurting their quality of life they're documenting morning visits with zprafz video. and we caught her in the act

time and again. and realized that when she doesn't relieve herself on naub hill she does it in stockton street in chinatown sometimes with school kids walking by, then she heads to her usual spot to pan handle. >> just awful. >> and tom johnson remembers the first time he saw ling ling in action and since then called 311 dozens of times for clean up. >> this tom keeps a running list and the department of public works confirms that they have sent crews to spray wash the mess at least 44 times in the past six months. >> we called 311 often to get them to clean up the mess but there are other problems they can be cleaning up. >> the story is not just about one lady who has issues but

it's response or lack of response by city officials. are they failing ling ling? failing the people who live and work here? >> she needs help. the city won't do anything bit. but when someone is defacatting on the sidewalk it's a public health hazard. >> this neighbor has been peppering the city with phone calls and exmails, police detained her seven times for a psychiatric hold. but officers told me most of the time before they got back to the station, doctors had let her out. >> i would say that we do day careful asis sesment of people who are brought here. >> the head of the emergency services at sf general can't discuss this case in particular because of medical privacy laws but he says that a 5150 is for patients in crisis. >> they can be held there up to 72 hours for purposes after

sesing whether they have a mental illness or not z whether that causes them to be a danger to other autos that doesn't appear to fit ling ling, she's able to use public trance pore taigs, arranging housing and food and has a case worker in this clinic z police told john marcus. >> i called him. he said if you want to pay to institutionalize her, then do it. he hung up on me. >> marcus got no help from the mayor's office of neighborhood services. or from a supervisor. the board president told me he first started getting phone calls six months ago. but he has been unable to come up with a sligs. >> what is taking so long? >> i don't get it. what is taking so long? >> we've had numerous conversation was city officials that have been working on this. doi think and part of the answer is that we have to

think of new ways. >> and ling ling back at it just this morning. our calls led to a familiar face at city hall who has a title. >> the director of hope housing opportunity partnership and engagement. >> after hearing from the i team he told me he's been in contact with the district attorney and the police and they have come up with a plan. police will issue ling ling a ticket for public urination and she'll have to april career before a judge. >> people come in with arm of justice system around them but get support and services they need. this individual clear sli getting some services but not enough to make the right steps and this is not to stop the behave overor. >> if she does not change her behavior she can face jail time. i have asked all of the officials involved how much has this case already cost taxpayers? only clear answer is, a lot. the police, mental health

counselors, hospital, steam cleaning crews, city hall staff, it's a difficult case that says a lot about challenges city leaders face. >> that is also very sad. >> they have you had shud have dealt with a long timing awhy. >> just ahead big conference aimed at preventing cyber attacks. >> how you may be helping hackers without knowing it. stay with us.

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a powerful line of tornadoes killed aat least 12 people and caused destruction. one of the hardest hit areas is the town of harrisburg where officials say a category ef 4 hit. the second most powerful. winds of 170 miles per hour. >> we can deal with floods and other things but dealing with this is heart breaking. >> windows went up like a big shotgun. and i told my wife hit the floor. >> winds ripped through the country music mecca of branson, missouri. tornadoes spawned by a storm system that could create more twisters tonight. >> nation's biggest security conference is underway in san francisco. and experts are discussing how to battle the latest trends in

hacking. a problem is getting worse. why one of the biggest threats could northbound your pocket. flooding the center from around the planet. many people are the great minds who fight cyber criminal autos this is where this world gathers. >> many times target of attacks is a company taking unpopular position for example. perhaps it's a government agency in retaliation. >> for security firms public enemy number one is anonymous. the group that staged weekly protests and there are attack that's could be swift and embarrassing. >> for many, this detection is twitter. >> there is a simple way is with the unwitting help of an employee. take these iphones.

he they look identical but this is owned by my employer. and this is personal. >> 81% of the users is for corporate work. >> it's troubling because if you leave that unattended. >> there are one out of four with pass word protections on it. so there is a 75% chance. >> scammers could use information you've provided on your time line to gain trust. >> future is going to be very personalized e mail and there is a guy knows you were in hawaii. >> weather to steal or make a statement... >> it's not going away. and if they did it once they're going to try it again. >> coming up next a man who thought he might not be able to work again. >> until googling one of carolyn's medical report and

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a man who lost his thumb flew halfway across the country after learning about a procedure i featured here on abc 7 news. surgeons have been predict -- perfecting this over the last several years. a caution, there is video from the surgery today that some of you might kind graphic. mike stevens remembers the day his life changed. his hand contacted a fan blade. >> and within a second, the story was over. >> after losing the thumb on his left hand, life became difficult. >> it usually takes me six hours, took me probably 16. >> that is when his wife began searching the internet for options. one of the first hits was a story we reported four years ago here on abc 7.

garrett le fever had a big toe transplanted to his hand to replace a missing thumb. the surgeon told the stevens family he can do the same for mike. >> our goal is between 60 to 80% function back. >> in a complex surgery dr. lee prepared his hand and a second team removed his toe. because of the extent of the injury doctors also removed a large section of tendon along with the toe. next challenge? connecting blood vessels. >> it's vascular, you know, finding blood supply to the toe. >> and four hours into the surgery the team had his toe connected to his hand, then began connecting blood vessel autos we're doing our last blood vessel here. >> and after a recovery doctors expect the end result to look like this transplant.

his wife says his ultimate goal is always been to return to the work he loves. >> and he does anything. you know? sorry. to help keep us going and... and just to see him down was just my goal to get him back up, again. >> dr. lee and his team have performed several dozens of the procedures that can be done using middle toe in cases depending on the patient's physiology. >> amazing technology. >> and we want to return to our breaking news situation. there is a school lock down after a report of a man with a gun on campus. and there is the latest on this. >> and this is a call that came in and sargeant what can you tell us about the situation? >> camp wrus is locked down. we had after school programs going on.

and they were locked down immediately. and their parents are standing by waiting to be united and right now we'd like everybody to stay out of the area. and as soon as we can get campus clear, we'll be out of here. >> and sargeant to be clear you do believe students are not in danger? >> and nobody should be in danger and students are locked down in one classroom. >> thank you very much. and dan i'm going to send it back to you. and they're still conducting a search to make sure the gunman was operating alone and there are no weapons on the campus. nick smith abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. and spencer is here with the weather forecast well. have rain and snow in the sierra. >> and this is a time lapse view this afternoon from roof

camera. and there is clouds across the bay. we didn't have a lot of precipitation during the day today. this is a widely scattered areas of rainfall and most of it in the south bay beginning to push eastward out into the hill country. there are showers and they may be numerous with breaks of sun. and there is is the accu-weather forecast. looking how things change after showers. there is very, mild over the weekend and there is a swing. >> yes. >> and there is a star of the made for tv pop group, davie jones has died at 66 years old. and this group had a huge

following with hits like "day dream believer". weigh as a stage star in england before joining monkees he said being a monkey ruined his acting career but he loved it. he loved the notoriety. he loved being davie jones. and he was good at it. as you know. >> they took this et photo raft month on a cruise together. saying jones was the same man on stage as off. a lot of fun, and just a great guy. >> that nice to hear, too and there is a career minor leaguer may be getting his shot. >> how it could allow a 33-year-old to make it into the show. d

join me tonight at 9:00, coming up, then a california woman was step as way from the sea when alarms sounded and how she survived when many eithers did not. >> and victims of an underwater mortgage taking charge, what happens when you simply stop making payments? it's coming up on the news at 9:00 and 11:00. >> now, on to sports. warriors on the road sf.

>> there is larry beil now. >> this is impressive after the game. warriors trying to bounce back tonight. stop number two. they were in atlanta. check out the threads. sparky looking good. there is david lee. with authority. reverse jab. 12 in the first half for lee. warriors contesting shots. joe johnson, one of eight look. dominic mcgwire. pushing up the court and leading a break to wright. warriors up 10 at half time. 30 seconds left z they put curry in and david lee who left the right hand. and there is a nice upset. will jeremy lin's second act be as good as first? there is 13.9 assists. and he took an elbow to the face, a bloody nose. carmelo anthony fueling a late

run. there is an historic win for u.s. soccer team tonight. there is a 1-0 victory. the first ever win against italy in 10 tries. and there is would you rather teach p.o.or play for a's? wes timmons is a career minor leaguer. there is timmon that's might gelt his chance this spring. >> where can i go? >> ballpark and getting paid to do it that is crash davis. a career minor leaguer. >> this is wes timmons. there is 0 years with atlanta and oakland. >> this is for the love of

game. nothing boy raeshlg be doing than playing baseball. >> there is wes having played every infield position teaching p.e.. >> as long as i have a uniform there is a thought i guess i can pay well fuf before someone goes down. >> and that someone went down. this third baseman is out for the season this, might be wes's shot at the show z the manager noticed the kid from west virginia. >> i didn't expect them to look like that. and looks like he's got gamer in him. he's going get plenty of playing time. reality is that i'm here to play. whether big league or back in triple a. i'm going give 100%. >> you're an old guy on this team. >> anywhere. >> and that is just reality of

it. that is maybe where energy comes from. >> he's been called up but never made an opening day roster. and maybe this is the year his dream comes true. mike shumann abc 7 sports. >> and you know everybody has got to be rooting for him. >> great story. it is. thank you. >> and that is this edition of abc 7 news. >> and we'll continue following breaking developments in the school lock down in a search for a gunman there. and there is a group of students just left the school. >> make sure you follow us on twitter. from all of us, see you at 9:00 and 11:00.

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